While the government of Turkmenistan is going full speed ahead with the construction of an indoor ski facility for its Avaza resort town, the municipal government of Hurricane, Utah wasn’t as excited about creating a tourist hub.
SkiRebel.com has learned that the Hurricane City Council recently rejected plans to build a massive theme park, which was reportedly supposed to be 20 times the size of Disneyland and include an indoor ski facility.
Citing an unacceptable burden on local taxpayers and unrealistic visitor projections, the councillors voted down the plan for the 2,000-acre project by developer Our World Family LLC.
“We’re still 100 per cent convinced it’s a great opportunity for the children of this community,” said Our World Family President Bill Boulter. “The biggest issue we’re running into is misinformation.”
On the other side of the planet, the company investing in the Avaza indoor ski facility is having a much easier time with the Turkmen government.
The Russian CARE-Holding group is among several companies from Turkey, Germany, Britain, and United Arab Emirates which have been awarded contracts to develop the resort destination. The Turkmen government is investing heavily into Avaza, hoping to create a Las Vegas-style town.
Plans for the ski facility reportedly include a 120-person capacity, stage competitions, athlete training, ski lessons, and entertainment shows.
Though Utah will not have a facility anytime soon, three indoor ski slopes are under construction in the United States. These are the facility at Las Vegas’ WET theme park scheduled to open in 2012, Westmoreland Ski Resort in North Carolina, and Meadowlands Xanadu in New Jersey.
Xanadu recently completed work on a railway link for train access, but still has no confirmed opening date.

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